Bethlehem

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Енглески

Etymology

From Средњи Енглески Bethleem, Bedlem, from Стари Француски Bethleem, from Латински Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Антички Грчки Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Хебрејски בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ (bēṯ léḥem, “house of bread”). Дублети of bedlam.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈbɛθləhɛm/, /ˈbɛθlihɛm/

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Proper noun

Bethlehem

1. , believed to be the birthplace of Jesus.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Matthew 2:1:

     Now when Ieſus was boꝛne in Bethlehem of Iudea, in the dayes of Herod the king, behold, there came Wiſe men from the Eaſt to Hierusalem,

2. .

Translations

City

• Afrikaans: Bethlehem
• Aghwan: 𐔱𐔴𐔸𐔾𐔰𐕆𐔴𐕌
• Albanian: Bethlehem
• Amharic: ቤተልሔም (betälḥem)
• Arabic: بَيْت لَحْم‎ f (bayt laḥm)

  Gulf Arabic: بَيت لَحَم‎ f (bēt laḥam)

• Aramaic: בַּיְתָא לַחְמָא‎ m (bayṯā laḥmā)

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܒܹܝܬܠܚܸܡ‎ f (betlḳim)

• Armenian: Բեթղեհեմ (Betʿłehem)
• Azerbaijani: Beytləhm
• Basque: Betleem
• Belarusian: Віфлеем (Vifljejem)
• Bengali: বেথেলহাম (bethelham), বাইত লাহাম (bait laham)
• Bislama: Betlehem
• Breton: Bethlehem
• Bulgarian: Витлеем m (Vitleem)
• Catalan: Betlem (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 (baak³ lei⁶ hang⁴), 白冷 (baak⁶ laang⁵) (Catholic)

  Hakka: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 (Pak-li-hèn)

  Mandarin: 伯利恆 (zh), 伯利恒 (zh) (Bólìhéng), 白冷 (Báilěng) (Catholic)

  Min Nan: 伯利恆, 伯利恒 (Pek-lī-hêng), Bia̍t-lé-hèm, 白冷 (Pe̍k-léng) (Catholic)

• Cornish: Bethalem m
• Czech: Betlém (cs) m
• Danish: Betlehem
• Dutch: Bethlehem (nl)
• Esperanto: Bet-Leĥem
• Estonian: Petlemm
• Faroese: Betlehem
• Finnish: Betlehem (fi)
• French: Bethléem (fr) m
• Galician: Belén (gl)
• Georgian: ბეით-ლაჰმი (beit-lahmi), ბეთლემი (betlemi)
• German: Betlehem (de) n
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌴𐌸𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌹𐌼 (bēþlaihaim)
• Greek: Βηθλεέμ (el) f (Vithleém)
• Haitian Creole: Bètleyèm
• Hebrew: בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ f (bet lékhem)
• Hindi: बेथलहम (bethalham), बैतलहम m (baitalham)
• Hungarian: Betlehem (hu)
• Icelandic: Betlehem
• Ido: Betlehem (io)
• Indonesian: Betlehem
• Irish: An Bheithil f

  Old Irish: Bethel, Bethelém

• Italian: Betlemme f
• Japanese: ベツレヘム (Betsurehemu), ワィフレエム (Wifureemu) (Orthodox Christianity)
• Karachay-Balkar: Вифлеем
• Kazakh: Бетлехем (Betlexem)
• Korean: 베들레헴 (bedeullehem)
• Krymchak: Бетлехем
• Latin: Bēthlehēmum n
• Latvian: Bētleme f
• Lithuanian: Betliejus m
• Luxembourgish: Betlehem
• Macedonian: Витлеем m (Vitleem)
• Malay: Baitul Laham, Baitullaham, Betlehem (Christianity)
• Maltese: Betlem
• Manchu: ᠪᡝᡨᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮ (betliyem), ᠪᡝᡨᠯᡳᠶᡝᠮ
  ᡥᠣᡨᠣᠨ (betliyem hoton)
• Maore Comorian: Ɓaitilham
• Nogai: Бетлехем (Betlexem)
• Norwegian: Betlehem (no)
• Occitan: Bethelèm
• Ossetian: Вифлеем (Vifleem)
• Persian: بیت لحم‎ (beyt-e lahm)
• Polish: Betlejem (pl) m
• Portuguese: Belém (pt)
• Romanian: Bethleem
• Russian: Вифлее́м (ru) m (Viflejém), Бейт-Лехем (ru) m (Bejt-Lexem)(modern Hebrew name)
• Scottish Gaelic: Bethlehem
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Витлехем m

  Roman: Betlehem (sh) m

• Slovak: Betlehem
• Slovene: Betlehem (sl)
• Spanish: Belén (es) m
• Swahili: Bethlehemu
• Swedish: Betlehem (sv)
• Tagalog: Belen
• Tamil: பெத்லகேம் (petlakēm)
• Thai: เบธเลเฮม (betlehem)
• Turkish: Beytüllahim, Betlehem
• Ukrainian: Віфлеєм (Viflejem)
• Urdu: بیت لحم‎ (bait lahm)
• Uyghur: بېتلېخېم‎ (bëtlëxëm)
• Vietnamese: Belem (biblical)
• Welsh: Bethlehem
• West Frisian: Betlehem
• Yiddish: בית לחם‎ (beys lekhem)

Noun

Bethlehem (plural Bethlehems)

1. (obsolete) A lunatic asylum.
2. (architecture) In the Ethiopic church, a small building attached to a church edifice, in which the bread for the Eucharist is made.
   • 1869, John Baron, Anglosaxon witness on four alleged requisites for holy communion

     […] to the Hebrew and Arabic word “korban” as now used in the Abyssinian Church to denote the sacramental bread specially prepared in the “Bethlehem,” or “House of Bread.”

   • 1882, William Audsley, ‎George Ashdown Audsley, Popular Dictionary of Architecture and the Allied Arts (page 200)

     A small building, attached to Ethiopic churches, usually at the eastern end of the sacrarium, in which the deacon prepares and bakes the bread for use in the eucharist. This building is called the Bethlehem, or “house of bread.”

   • 2006, Geoffrey Wainwright, ‎Robert Earl Cushman, ‎Karen B. Westerfield Tucker, The Oxford History of Christian Worship (page 143)

     The deacon rings a bell when bread is brought from the bethlehem to the maqdas and at other liturgical times

   • 2014, Bryan D. Spinks, Do this in Remembrance of Me (page 174)

     The priests and deacons assigned to the service wash their feet and hands, usually near the 'Bethlehem'.

Derived terms

• bedlam
• Bethlem

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Dutch

Alternative forms

• Betlehem (superseded)

Etymology

From Латински Bēthlehēmum, Bēthleëm, from Антички Грчки Βηθλεέμ (Bēthleém), from Хебрејски בֵּית לֶחֶם‎ (bet léchem, “house of bread”).

The hamlet is first attested as Bethlehem in 1502 and is named after a former monastery, which was named in turn after the city in Palestine.

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈbɛt.leːˌɦɛm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Beth‧le‧hem

Proper noun

Bethlehem n

1. .
2. .

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Немачки

Alternative forms

• Betlehem

Pronunciation

• МФА^(кључ): /ˈbeːt.ləˌhɛm/, /-ˌheːm/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Beth‧le‧hem

Proper noun

Bethlehem

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Латински

Pronunciation

• (Classical) МФА^(кључ): /ˈbeːtʰ.le.hem/, [ˈbeːt̪ʰ.lɛ.hɛ̃ˑ]
• (Ecclesiastical) МФА^(кључ): /ˈbet.le.em/, [ˈbɛt̪.lɛ.ɛm]

Proper noun

Bethlehem

1. Alternative form of Bēthlehēmum

References

• Bēthlĕhem in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Bethlehem in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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Middle English

Proper noun

Bethlehem

1. Alternative form of Bethleem